Transcript Back on the French experience in the classroom HyperAtlas

Back on the French
experience in the classroom
HyperAtlas
Caroline Leininger-Frézal
Experimentations
 27 students working in pairs in computer classroom
 Private school in may 2014
 Pupils have already study EU two years ago
 Often very synthetic responses that fail to take into
account all the manipulations made
The use of the tools
 HyperAtlas is easy to handle.
 Except two pupil, all have understood the different the
scales of representation of the information : nuts 0, nuts 1,
nuts 2
 No problem to read spatial informations : 100% succes to
Q3 and Q7.
 Netheless, some students are more specific in their
response
INDICATORS CHOOSEN TO APPRECIATE
DISPARITIES IN EU
 The couple GDP - HDI is choosen by 55% of pupils.
Times
Share of pop 25-69 with a high
level of education 2011
Life expectancy 2011
Unemployement rate 2011
HDI 2011
GDP 2011
0
5
10
15
How to explain the differences in
wealth in the EU?
 Geographical determinism : size of the country; size of the population; density
(13 times); resources (2 times)
 “Small is beautiful”
 Historical explanation: ex USSR member ; recent intrance in EU (9 times); wars
(1 time)
 Economic and financial context : tax haven (Luxemburg) (4 times); liberalism
(1time); capitalism (1 time); economic activities (7 times)
 Political context : political instability (1 time) (Croatia; Bulgaria); no political
reform; politics (1 time)
 Social context : way of life (1); distribution of wealth (1)
How to explain the differences in
wealth in the EU?
The justifications are not based on the
observation of indicators. (not mentioned in
answers)
 The presence of snapshots in the responses.
From spatial informations to spatial
thinking
Most of pupils
have identified
discontinuities.
(vide)
0%
yes
36%
no
64%
no
yes
(vide)
Discontinuities identified
Total
(vide)
West/east and european
megalopolis
Only West/east
Total
North/south; West/east and
european megalopolis
North/south and West/east
0
2
4
6
8
10
Do pupils identify differences between
nuts 0 and 2 ?
• Metropolis and cities are
more developed.
• Disparities in european
contries
yes
52%
European subsidies
no
48%
no
yes
Proposals
 Little personal involvement : only 4 pupil used personnel
pronoun
 Solutions ?
 Economic development (4 times)
 Legal harmonization (4 times)
 Social reform (minimum income, social security) (4 times)
Thanks for your attention